Tom Rad Rumble on the Deck

The Tom Rad Rumble on the Deck bike show (mentioned in the last blog) came off without a hitch on the evening of July 8th. As always (with rare exception) Tom was able to call up a perfect evening from the weather gods. It’s hard to argue with 80 degree temperatures, clear skies, free food and a lively blues band.

If there was one downer to the evening, it was the fact that the trophy girl, Ma Rad, could not attend this year – Ma made it to 14 Rumbles and the age of 90-something before checking out for the big bike show in the sky.

This is why we live in Minnesota – because on nights like this, there is no place better to be.

Tom was forced to rely on the shapely and beautiful Rumble Girls to hand out the trophies, for classes that ranged from Big Twin and Radical Big Twin, to Antique and People’s Choice.

The nice thing about a local show is the fact that it’s local. You can complain that not all the bikes are new or radical, but then on the other hand you also get to see a whole raft of your old biker buddies. There is nothing like telling and re-telling a few lies while sucking down a cool one and gazing at a long row of gleaming two wheeled hardware.

Rumble Girl Anna waits patiently while Lenni from Krazy Kolors and Tom Rad ham it up for the camera. Maybe it was the free Schlitz beer?

Old Bikers like Donnie Smith (sorry Donnie) were in attendance, along with fresh faces like that of local high school teacher Kevin Baas and his lovely wife. Donnie rolled out a nifty digger/Shovel from back in the day, and Kevin brought one of his trademark Knuckles.

If you check the calendar, you will notice that July 8th is a Thursday, which means that by 10:30 PM the decks at the Freight House Saloon in Stillwater were empty and all the bikers were headed off to the next whiskey bar.

Celebrities everywhere you look, including Donnie Smith, and Kevin Baas and his wife.

Production
The Classic Triumph calendars for 2011 are in stock and ready to ship. The cover bike is a TT bike photographed in Nevada. Also from Nevada is the Tiger 100 and T100C, though the TR6 seen in October was photographed in Iowa. There’s also a Blackbird and a Speed Twin from the balmy state of Florida. It’s a nice variety of bikes this year and the calendars are sure to go fast, so order your Classic Triumph Calendar today.

Don’t wait to order your calendar, we actually ran out last year.

Sheet Metal Bible

Part of our fall lineup of new books, Sheet Metal Bible is off to the printer. A full 176 pages of sheet metal how to projects, this new book will look good sitting on that small cluttered book shelf in the shop, right along side the magazines your wife won’t let you bring in the house.

In stock shortly after you read this, Sheet Metal Bible is a compendium of sheet metal projects.